diff --git a/libblkid/pager.c b/libblkid/pager.c
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+++ b/libblkid/pager.c
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+/*
+ * Based on linux-perf/git scm
+ *
+ * Some modifications and simplifications for util-linux
+ * by Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx> - March 2012.
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <err.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#include "c.h"
+#include "xalloc.h"
+#include "nls.h"
+
+#define NULL_DEVICE	"/dev/null"
+
+void setup_pager(void);
+
+static const char *pager_argv[] = { "sh", "-c", NULL, NULL };
+
+struct child_process {
+	const char **argv;
+	pid_t pid;
+	int in;
+	int out;
+	int err;
+	unsigned no_stdin:1;
+	void (*preexec_cb)(void);
+};
+static struct child_process pager_process;
+
+static inline void close_pair(int fd[2])
+{
+	close(fd[0]);
+	close(fd[1]);
+}
+
+static inline void dup_devnull(int to)
+{
+	int fd = open(NULL_DEVICE, O_RDWR);
+
+	if (fd < 0)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), NULL_DEVICE);
+	dup2(fd, to);
+	close(fd);
+}
+
+static int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
+{
+	int need_in;
+	int fdin[2];
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of errors we must keep the promise to close FDs
+	 * that have been passed in via ->in and ->out.
+	 */
+	need_in = !cmd->no_stdin && cmd->in < 0;
+	if (need_in) {
+		if (pipe(fdin) < 0) {
+			if (cmd->out > 0)
+				close(cmd->out);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		cmd->in = fdin[1];
+	}
+
+	fflush(NULL);
+	cmd->pid = fork();
+	if (!cmd->pid) {
+		if (need_in) {
+			dup2(fdin[0], 0);
+			close_pair(fdin);
+		} else if (cmd->in > 0) {
+			dup2(cmd->in, 0);
+			close(cmd->in);
+		}
+
+		cmd->preexec_cb();
+		execvp(cmd->argv[0], (char *const*) cmd->argv);
+		exit(127); /* cmd not found */
+	}
+
+	if (cmd->pid < 0) {
+		if (need_in)
+			close_pair(fdin);
+		else if (cmd->in)
+			close(cmd->in);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (need_in)
+		close(fdin[0]);
+	else if (cmd->in)
+		close(cmd->in);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int wait_or_whine(pid_t pid)
+{
+	for (;;) {
+		int status, code;
+		pid_t waiting = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+
+		if (waiting < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+			err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("waitpid failed (%s)"), strerror(errno));
+		}
+		if (waiting != pid)
+			return -1;
+		if (WIFSIGNALED(status))
+			return -1;
+
+		if (!WIFEXITED(status))
+			return -1;
+		code = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+		switch (code) {
+		case 127:
+			return -1;
+		case 0:
+			return 0;
+		default:
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static int finish_command(struct child_process *cmd)
+{
+	return wait_or_whine(cmd->pid);
+}
+
+static void pager_preexec(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Work around bug in "less" by not starting it until we
+	 * have real input
+	 */
+	fd_set in;
+
+	FD_ZERO(&in);
+	FD_SET(0, &in);
+	select(1, &in, NULL, &in, NULL);
+
+	setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
+}
+
+static void wait_for_pager(void)
+{
+	fflush(stdout);
+	fflush(stderr);
+	/* signal EOF to pager */
+	close(1);
+	close(2);
+	finish_command(&pager_process);
+}
+
+static void wait_for_pager_signal(int signo)
+{
+	wait_for_pager();
+	raise(signo);
+}
+
+void setup_pager(void)
+{
+	const char *pager = getenv("PAGER");
+
+	if (!isatty(1))
+		return;
+
+	if (!pager)
+		pager = "less";
+	else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
+		return;
+
+	/* spawn the pager */
+	pager_argv[2] = pager;
+	pager_process.argv = pager_argv;
+	pager_process.in = -1;
+	pager_process.preexec_cb = pager_preexec;
+
+	if (start_command(&pager_process))
+		return;
+
+	/* original process continues, but writes to the pipe */
+	dup2(pager_process.in, 1);
+	if (isatty(2))
+		dup2(pager_process.in, 2);
+	close(pager_process.in);
+
+	/* this makes sure that the parent terminates after the pager */
+	signal(SIGINT, wait_for_pager_signal);
+	signal(SIGHUP, wait_for_pager_signal);
+	signal(SIGTERM, wait_for_pager_signal);
+	signal(SIGQUIT, wait_for_pager_signal);
+	signal(SIGPIPE, wait_for_pager_signal);
+
+	atexit(wait_for_pager);
+}
+
+#ifdef TEST_PROGRAM
+
+#define MAX 255
+
+int main(int argc __attribute__ ((__unused__)),
+	 char *argv[] __attribute__ ((__unused__)))
+{
+	int i;
+
+	setup_pager();
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
+		printf("%d\n", i);
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+#endif /* TEST_PROGRAM */